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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.161
স্ত্রী-পুত্র-সহিত রামচন্দ্রেরে বান্ধিয়া ।
তার ঘর-গ্রাম লুটে তিনদিন রহিয়া ॥ ১৬১ ॥
strī-putra-sahita rāmacandrere bāndhiyā
tāra ghara-grāma luṭe tina-dina rahiyā
He arrested Rāmacandra Khān, along with his wife and sons, and then he continuously plundered the house and village for three days.
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The minister arrested Rāmacandra Khān along with his wife and sons.
He continuously plundered the house and village for three days.
The harm was not confined to Rāmacandra Khān; his family and the village also suffered.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
A person named Rāmacandra Khān, who was envious of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, sent a professional prostitute to attempt to defame him, but by the mercy of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, even the prostitute was delivered. Because of offending a pure Vaiṣṇava, Rāmacandra Khān was later cursed by Nityānanda Prabhu and ruined.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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